James Dobson, Influential Leader of the Religious Right, Dies at 89
Source: NYT (gift article)
James Dobson, the evangelical Christian broadcaster who waged war on homosexuality and championed family values in a long crusade that made him one of the nations most influential leaders of the religious right, died on Thursday at his home in Colorado Springs. He was 89.
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Finally that dangerous fuck meets his own mortality!

hatrack
(63,419 posts)Awaiting him in Hell - an infinity of dachshunds - and they're pissed off.
keroro gunsou
(2,278 posts)EOL.
BumRushDaShow
(158,970 posts)I know my mom used to monitor these guys (and RW talk radio to hear "the other side" ). And to quote Forrest Gump - "And that's all I have to say about that" (and that guy).
LearnedHand
(4,959 posts)The founder, I mean.
JustAnotherGen
(36,756 posts)He sure was. He and Rushdooney - an awful duo of ChristoFascist evil.
Blue Owl
(57,157 posts)
BumRushDaShow
(158,970 posts)
electric_blue68
(23,525 posts)AllaN01Bear
(27,220 posts)niyad
(126,528 posts)"focus on fascism", for over 30 years.
SpankMe
(3,569 posts)...unless your family contains gay people, Or trans people. Or pregnant women. Or...
I have friends in Colorado Springs (where Focus was HQ'd) who derisively referred to it as "Poke-us-in-the-Fanny".
lakercub
(665 posts)My mother-in-law and some friends worked there and I went in to the main building once. It was nauseating. Dobson made a temple to himself. There was a very long hallway that was absolutely filled with pictures of Dobson shaking hands with, or posing with, other famous people (i've never forgotten the one with Dobson and Oliver North). At the end of the hall was an extremely expensive, beautiful mahogonay staircase. The staircase was donated, allegedly, but an organization that really wanted to help would have asked for that donation to be in the form of food and clothing for the poor, not unnecessary opulence.
Allegedly Christians aren't supposed to make idols of themselves and are supposed to show humility (laughable, with the Christian right...I know), but this was so egregious that it just put the lie to the whole place's reason for existence. They wanted to stop homosexualtiy, pre-marital sex, et al, but what they REALLY wanted was as much money as possible.
Grins
(8,781 posts)And, yes; he was the despicable founder.
mountain grammy
(28,130 posts)Drops dead. Good riddance!
Blue Owl
(57,157 posts)mountain grammy
(28,130 posts)
JustAnotherGen
(36,756 posts)


That s.o.b. has been part of the ChristoFascist movement for decades.
I hope he enjoys his time in hell.
Hey Joe
(195 posts)LakeVermilion
(1,390 posts)You're next Krasnov.
Paladin
(31,472 posts)I hope Dobson put in a "good word" for trump getting into heaven, before he croaked---that would guarantee trump's failure to pass through the pearly gates...
UpInArms
(53,312 posts)💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽
orangecrush
(26,415 posts)yardwork
(67,779 posts)So I'll say nothing at all.
Arkansas Granny
(32,135 posts)yardwork
(67,779 posts)
Arkansas Granny
(32,135 posts)nothing nice things I have to say about the Felon-in- Chief. Let's do it someplace with margaritas.
yardwork
(67,779 posts)rurallib
(64,091 posts)And I will say GOOD!
YodaMom2
(108 posts)Hes dead.
Good.
the nelm
(147 posts)rampartd
(2,371 posts)an unholy trinity whoever
AverageOldGuy
(2,878 posts)(There's a lot more at the link . . . and it gets much better.!
hunter
(39,837 posts)Thanks.
tonekat
(2,316 posts)It's about time that sick SOB left the planet!!
cstanleytech
(27,893 posts)Brainfodder
(7,670 posts)
LearnedHand
(4,959 posts)
Stuckinthebush
(11,172 posts)Some people's lives are a cancer on society. No tears and definitely no holding back on grave dancing.
CrispyQ
(40,145 posts)Demovictory9
(37,113 posts)From wiki:
In March 2022, The Roys Report published an investigation critical of Grace Community Church (GCC) and its pastor, John MacArthur.[63] Some female victims of domestic violence, according to the findings, were reportedly asked to return to their husbands or face excommunication. Hohn Cho, a GCC elder, said that he advised MacArthur to reconsider that stance.[64]
ZDU
(684 posts)
underpants
(192,455 posts)James Dobson is dead. Good.
Stole that from someone at DU when Falwell died.
The Grand Illuminist
(1,873 posts)And may be worse.
Crowman2009
(3,228 posts)All those donations are going to be spent on extra houses, jewelry, sports cars, drugs, female escorts, gay escorts, orgies, etc. Take Jerry Falwell Jr. for example.
twodogsbarking
(15,297 posts)You are, however, spot on.
valleyrogue
(2,272 posts)Doug Wilson and his ilk are vastly worse than Dobson ever thought of being.
Crowman2009
(3,228 posts)So get ready for some entertaining infighting!
wolfie001
(5,952 posts)



Freddie
(9,943 posts)Wrote several books about how its Christian and perfectly fine to hit your kids. Another obituary read with great pleasure.
Crowman2009
(3,228 posts)Clouds Passing
(5,624 posts)
Ray Bruns
(5,530 posts)James Dobson is dead. Good!
sinkingfeeling
(56,231 posts)pfitz59
(11,781 posts)Trump will probably laud him
Oopsie Daisy
(6,590 posts)Pototan
(2,848 posts)that if you couldn't say anything good about the deceased, don't say anything at all.
James Dobson is dead. GOOD
GiqueCee
(2,754 posts)... the Sun was shining brighter, and the air smelled fresher! Good riddance. He was an evil man.
PlanetBev
(4,374 posts)Some gladsome news amid the daily atrocities.
Dulcinea
(9,005 posts)...but I'll take it. They die in threes, you know.
calimary
(87,552 posts)Im guessing were both waiting for the same one.
FalloutShelter
(13,729 posts)Go directly yo Hell
Do not pass GO
Do not collect $200
Moostache
(10,741 posts)The blessed day awaits, "Trump found dead on toilet" - this Dobson news is just an appetizer for the main course.
niyad
(126,528 posts)choie
(5,988 posts)with Rush Limbaugh, Jerry Falwell et al.
niyad
(126,528 posts)obit is much, much better.
rhiannon55
(2,748 posts)Colorado Springs just got a teeny tiny bit more woke. If I still lived there I would be dancing in the street!
Mblaze
(688 posts)And asked them why they push prayer in school when Jesus specifically directed his followers to pray in private rather than in public "like the hypocrites"? They responded that they consider the Sermon on the Mount to be a "minor teaching" and blocked me.
ChicagoTeamster
(9 posts)So who is left? Falwell and Robertson are dead although their sons took over but they're also in their sixties. Fred Phelps died after being disfellowshipped because his adult children left after their kids (the toddlers that used to hold the god hates fags signs at Phelps protests) quit when they became young adults and were done with the bullshit.
To be an elder in a christian church all of your adult children must be baptized church members. When Phelps grandkids quit, his children were no longer elders and couldn't control finances, (among other things but the primary reason for evangelical churches) so they quit and then Phelps lost his position as leader of the Westboro Baptist Church and some other leaders took over the business of protesting to provoke a response and then suing. Fred became a minister and started the church after he was disbarred as an attorney for a series of defamatory and misogynistic attacks against female witnesses against cases he was pursuing.
They're such idiots. Moms for Liberty founder and her husband (Fla Republican Part chairman) were accused of rape after having a three way with a woman who wasn't told the husband would join in. Guess they were having a three way after the book burning. Turning Point USA founder has been sued for sexual assault by multiple young men and settled out of court. Students for Trump founder Ryan Fournier was arrested for assaulting a woman with a firearm. Family Research Council founder George Rekers was caught at Miami airport with a 20 year old gay escort. MegaChurch pastor Ted Haggard was brought down by a 2006 scandal involving drugs (meth) and sex with a gay escort . He was president of the American evangelical association.
The christian coalition was started out of Pat Robertson's failed 1988 presidential campaign. So many millenials and GenZ are non religious that I wonder how long before the current leaders either die off or go down in scandal and this bullshit will end. Hopefully it won't take another 20 years.
eggplant
(4,108 posts)ha.
I hope it hurt.
twodogsbarking
(15,297 posts)Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust (yeah)
Hey, I'm gonna get you, too
Another one bites the dust
Owl
(3,742 posts)JoseBalow
(8,260 posts)
Buddyzbuddy
(1,368 posts)jgmiller
(621 posts)WestMichRad
(2,551 posts)Not! Buh-bye, ya creep.
Hekate
(99,163 posts)Something like: lesbians, homosexuals, witches it was charming.
May he receive everything he so richly deserves.
valleyrogue
(2,272 posts)Hekate
(99,163 posts)Wild blueberry
(7,852 posts)"Some tasty food for worms was delivered on Thursday. One of the most truly horrible humans ever inflicted on this country has ceased to be, and all say, Amen and about goddamn time.
the great Charles P. Pierce
Hekate
(99,163 posts)travelingthrulife
(3,089 posts)eringer
(472 posts)Thank you Lord for taking this scum off the planet before the convicted felon awarded him the Medal of Freedom.